Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Paul Zellmer" <zellmer AT digitelone.com>]

Tony,

Not only is it *not* verbless, but there are *two* verbs in the portion
you are asking about: one in an independent clause and one in a
dependent.

Paul

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----- Original Message -----
From: Tony Costa <tmcos AT hotmail.com>
To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 1999 4:14 AM
Subject: Exodus 3:14


>    Exodus 3:14 which reads EHYEH 'ASHER EHYEH has been translated
> traditionally as I AM THAT I AM. It has also been tranlated I WILL
PROVE TO
> BE WHAT I WILL PROVE TO BE and so on. I understand that we have here a
> verbless clause. The LXX reads EGW EIMI hO WN, (I am the being one).
Any
> interesting comments as to how Exodus 3:14 in the MT can be
translated?
>
>                                  Tony Costa, B.A.
>                                  Univ. of Toronto
>                                  Toronto; CANADA
>
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